Silent Studio Directory - 326 - Worcester’s Philippine Pictures - US - 1914 - production company formed by Dean Conant Worcester and distributed by Pan American Pictures. World Comedy Stars Film Corp. - US - 1915 - production and distribution company formed by Phil Gleichman to make comedy shorts from vaudeville acts; Edmund Lawrence was head of production; distributed for Wizard Motion Picture Co.; went out of business in August 1915. World Film Corp. - US - 1913-1919 - production and distribution company formed February 1914 by E. Mandelbaum, Phil Gleichman and a group of Wall Street investors headed by W. A. Pratt; offices located at 130 West 46th Street, New York; G. L. P. Vernon was president and Mandelbaum and Gleichman each V.P.’s.; after a few months, Mandelbaum sold his interest and Lewis J. Selznick became V. P. and general manager; acquired Charles E. Blaney Feature Film Co.; signed Clara Kimball Young, set up 24 distribution exchanges; set up distribution for California Motion Picture, Colonial Motion Picture, Dyreda Art Film, and Peerless; in 1915, took over Shubert Film and Paragon Studios while adding distribution of Equitable Motion Picture, William A. Brady Picture Plays, and Wizard Motion Picture; in February 1916, re-organized with Arthur Spiegel as president; Selznick left World and took Clara Kimball Young and others with him to form Lewis J. Selznick Productions; in January 1919, merged with United Picture Theaters; Republic Distributing Corp. took over all of World’s exchanges. World Film Corporation - US - 1920-1921 - distribution company located at 130 West 46 Street, New York with Milton C. Work as president. World Film Manufacturing Co., Inc. - US - 1908-1909 - production company located at 27th and Upshur Streets, Portland, Oregon; released under the trade name World Films.